Rassendyll's Baker Street Irregular

[estragon]

Why Rassendyll disabled comments I do not know (unless he is still a Prisoner of Zenda--what a great line for a BDSM parody of Anthony Hope's classic), but this story was brilliant. It should be in Humor & Satire. Not one typo, not one neologism about which to quibble, and for me that is extraordinary enough. He got the dialog right, and his descriptions caused me to howl with laughter throughout. Such giants as O. Henry and Mark Twain parodied Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, so Rassendyll is in great company. Super job, man! I gave it a 5, only because I could not give it a higher score.

 

[vqfarrold]

Thanks for bringing this story to our attention. As a lover of the Sherlock Holmes stories (aren't we all?) I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's good to see a bit of levity injected into the porn (or erotica if you make the distinction) occasionally. Of course since every Englishman of their class practised buggery (and probably still does) it doesn't require Holmesian powers of deduction to conclude that Holmes and Watson did as well.

I'm afraid however that you have committed the Watsonian error of jumping to a false conclusion before carefully considering all the facts. There are a typo and an error of punctuation both in the first sentence. Which goes to show, I would contend, that occasional lapses in spelling, punctuation and grammar don't necessarily spoil a story and often go unnoticed.

It is a little disappointing that Moriarty appears only by reference. Perhaps he could be resurrected from the foot of the Reichenbach Falls, as was Holmes, and appear in a future story, vigorously applying the birch to the bared Sherlockian buttocks (another perverse practice enjoyed by the English). After all, Conan Doyle wasn't allowed by his readers to prematurely terminate the series, nor should Rassendyll be.

 

[estragon]

Thanks for bringing this story to our attention. As a lover of the Sherlock Holmes stories (aren't we all?) I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's good to see a bit of levity injected into the porn (or erotica if you make the distinction) occasionally. Of course since every Englishman of their class practised buggery (and probably still does) it doesn't require Holmesian powers of deduction to conclude that Holmes and Watson did as well.

I'm afraid however that you have committed the Watsonian error of jumping to a false conclusion before carefully considering all the facts. There are a typo and an error of punctuation both in the first sentence. Which goes to show, I would contend, that occasional lapses in spelling, punctuation and grammar don't necessarily spoil a story and often go unnoticed.

It is a little disappointing that Moriarty appears only by reference. Perhaps he could be resurrected from the foot of the Reichenbach Falls, as was Holmes, and appear in a future story, vigorously applying the birch to the bared Sherlockian buttocks (another perverse practice enjoyed by the English). After all, Conan Doyle wasn't allowed by his readers to prematurely terminate the series, nor should Rassendyll be.

vq, mea culpa on the typo, but it goes to show that a really great story can have a typo and a grammatical lapse or two and still be a winner. C'mon, Rassendyll, come onto the AH and take a bow!